lajja wins silver in shooting World Cup
New Delhi: lajja Gauswami clinched the silver medal in women’s 50-metre Rifle 3 Position event on Tuesday, finally bringing to an end India’s lean run at the ISSF World Cup in Granada, Spain. The 24-year-old Gauswami, a silver medallist at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, shot 584 in the qualification round and 454 in the finals to bag the silver ahead of Norway’s Malin Westerheim, who shot 443.9 in the finals. Petra Zublasing of Italy won the gold after scoring 459.1 in the medal round. Gauswami totalled 152.4 over three series in kneeling, scored 154.8 in prone and 146.8 while standing to win the country’s first medal in the tournament, which started on July 3.
Indian junior lifters win team title
New Delhi: In a creditable achievement, Indian women weightlifters won the team title in the just-concluded Asian Junior Championships at Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan ahead of the powerhouses like China and Korea. The junior women lifters had won seven medals (three silver and four bronze) to accumulate 463 points and top the standings. China collected 403 points to finish second followed by Kyrgyzstan (359), Thailand (329) and Korea (297) in the July 2-8 event.
Indian boxers to return today
New Delhi: After a highly successful campaign at the ASBC Asian Boxing Championship in Amman, the Indian male pugilists, including gold medallist Shiva Thapa will return home in the wee hours here on Wednesday. The 14-member squad, including 10 boxers and four coaches, will take a direct flight from Amman and touch down at terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport at 4:35 am. The Indian boxers will return home with a four medal haul (1 gold medal, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal) that saw them finish joint second along with Ukraine in the overall rankings of the Asian Championships.
Probables for Tajikistan friendly announced
New Delhi: National football coach Wim Koevermans announced a list of 30 probables on Monday for India’s international friendly against Tajikistan to be held in Khujand on August 14. As per the latest FIFA rankings, Tajikistan are placed 106 in comparison to India who are at 146th position. The final squad will be announced prior to the team’s departure to Khujand.
Probables: Goalkeepers: Subrata Paul, Karanjit Singh, Sandip Nandy, Subhasish Roychowdhury. Defenders: Denzil Franco, Nirmal Chettri, Arnab Mondal, Gouramangi Singh, Raju Gaikwad, Sandesh Jhingan, Gurjinder Kumar. Midfielders: Mehtab Hossain, lalrindika Ralte, Arata Izumi, lenny Rodrigues, lalkamal Bhowmick, Alwyn George, Md. Rafique, Asif K, Jewel Raja Shaikh, Francis Fernandes, Tsewang Karma, Shylo Malsawmtluanga, Clifford Miranda, Syed Rahim Nabi, Vineet CK. Forwards: Sunil Chhetri, Robin Singh, Dawson Fernandes, Jeje lalpekhlua.
Assam CM congratulates Shiva Thapa
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi congratulated Assam boxer Shiva Thapa on Tuesday for becoming the youngest pugilist from the country to clinch a gold medal at the Asian Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan which concluded on Monday. In a statement, the chief minister said that the state was proud of the gutsy teenager, who has clinched the title in the 56 kg category on Monday with his dedication, sincerity and training. Thapa defeated local favourite Obada Alkabeh in the final on a split decision of 2-1 after fighting out a tactically superior bout.
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